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The Golden Age of American animation is a period in American animation history that began with the advent of sound cartoons in 1928, with a peak between the second half of the 30s and the first half of the 1940s, and continued into the early 1960s when theatrical animated shorts slowly began losing to the new medium of television animation. ;Walt Disneys Steamboat Willie(1928), the third theatrical appearance of Mickey Mouse is often cited as the first sound cartoon due to its success and popularity. Mickey Mouses popularity put the animated character into the ranks of the most popular screen personalities in the world ;Emphasis on story development and characterization resulted in yet another smash hit for Disney: Three Little Pigs (1933), which is seen as the first cartoon in which multiple characters displayed unique, individual personalities; the cartoon is still considered to be the most successful animated short of all time.;At Warner Brothers, a new animation director proceeded to revitalize the studio: Tex Avery. Avery brought a wacky style of animation to the studio that would increase the Warner Brothers cartoons popularity in the crowded marketplace. ;In 1937, Walt Disney produced Snow White, the first American feature-length animated movie. This was the culmination of two years of effort by Disney studios. Snow White was a worldwide box office success, and a landmark in the development of animation as a serious art form.;Disneys animated feature films continued to draw in large crowds through the 1950s. Disney produced a number of classic films in the 1950s, including Lady and the Tramp, Peter Pan, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty, though even Disney found it impossible to reproduce the stunning quality of Fantasia, Pinocchio and Bambi. Cinderella was a big break for Disney, and would become Disneys most successful film since Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Upon building Disneyland, Walt Disney regained a huge amount of popularity among the public, a